Baked Alaska

This is a traditional recipe I learnt from my Granny. It's a combination of sponge cake, fresh fruit, ice cream and a merangue topping! Yummmm!!

For the sponge:

Ingredients:
6oz butter (Soft)
60z caster sugar
3 eggs (beaten)
6oz self raising flour

1. Turn oven to 180C (or 350F, Gas mark 4).
2. Cream the butter and the sugar.
3. Add the eggs.
4. Fold in the flour.
5. Put into flan tin. (you can use a cake tin but scoop out the centre once cooked).

Merangue Topping.
Ingredients:
3 egg whites
7oz caster sugar
pinch of cream of tartar
Mixed berries or tinned peaches and 1 block of hb vanilla ice cream for filling of baked Alaska
Method:

1. Whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form.
2. Add 4 oz of the sugar & the cream of tartar.
3. Whisk until stiff peaks form.
4. With a spoon mix in the remaining 3oz of sugar (these will crystalize and give the topping a brown colour.

To Assemble:

1. Once the cake has cooled down.
2. Add the fruit into the dip in the cake.
3. Put the whole block of vanilla ice cream onto the fruit
4. Cover the top and sides of the Alaska with the merangue topping and use the spoon to create an iceberg effect.